New York Giants offensive coordinator Tim Kelly this week pointed out that quarterback Jaxson Dart did more than risk hurting himself when he took the much-discussed Week 13 sideline hit from Christian Elliss of the New England Patriots. Dart hurt his team, which, in the moment, was the most important detail.

Instead of a manageable third-and-2 had Dart stepped out of bounds, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Theo Johnson for defending the quarterback, put the Giants in third-and-17.

“I talked to him about it. He’s got to get out of bounds. He’s got to get everything he can and make sure he’s clearly out of bounds so he’s not exposing himself,” Kelly said. “That was a clean hit. Those guys were playing hard. We were playing hard. Our guys went to protect him, which you love to see.

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